From: Julio Faracco <jcfaracco(a)gmail.com>
This is an issue for LXC loop devices when you are trying to get loop
devices info using `ioctl`. Modern apps uses `/sys/dev/block` to grab
information about devices, but if you use the method mention you won't
be able to retrive the associated file with that loop device. See
example below from cryptsetup sources:
static char *_ioctl_backing_file(const char *loop)
{
struct loop_info64 lo64 = {0};
int loop_fd;
loop_fd = open(loop, O_RDONLY);
if (loop_fd < 0)
return NULL;
if (ioctl(loop_fd, LOOP_GET_STATUS64, &lo64) < 0) {
close(loop_fd);
return NULL;
}
lo64.lo_file_name[LO_NAME_SIZE-2] = '*';
lo64.lo_file_name[LO_NAME_SIZE-1] = 0;
close(loop_fd);
return strdup((char*)lo64.lo_file_name);
}
It will return an empty string because lo_file_name was not set.
Function `virFileLoopDeviceOpenSearch()` is using `ioctl` to query data,
but it is not checking `lo_file_name` field.
v1: I accidentally committed two wrong lines.
Signed-off-by: Julio Faracco <jcfaracco(a)gmail.com>
---
src/util/virfile.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/util/virfile.c b/src/util/virfile.c
index 81a3c096eb..dbfe74e24f 100644
--- a/src/util/virfile.c
+++ b/src/util/virfile.c
@@ -781,6 +781,14 @@ int virFileLoopDeviceAssociate(const char *file,
memset(&lo, 0, sizeof(lo));
lo.lo_flags = LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR;
+ /* Set backing file name for LOOP_GET_STATUS64 queries */
+ if (virStrncpy((char *) lo.lo_file_name, file,
+ strlen(file), LO_NAME_SIZE) < 0) {
+ virReportSystemError(errno,
+ _("Unable to set backing file %s"), file);
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+
if ((fsfd = open(file, O_RDWR)) < 0) {
virReportSystemError(errno,
_("Unable to open %s"), file);
--
2.20.1